Murray Lerner

Murray Lerner
Murray Lerner
Born	May 8, 1927; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 2, 2017 (aged 90); New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Awards	Best Documentary; 1980 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

Murray Lerner (May 8, 1927 – September 2, 2017) was an American documentary and experimental film director and producer.

1967 saw the release of the film Festival. Produced and directed by Lerner, the Oscar-nominated film was a documentary shot between 1963 and 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival that included performances by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Donovan, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, Johnny Cash and Joan Baez. [1]

Lerner's film From Mao to Mozart was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.[2]

He died of kidney failure in 2017 at the age of 90.[3]

Selected filmography

Secrets of the Reef (1956)
Festival (1967) (Oscar-nominated documentary about the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-65)
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980) (Oscar winner for best documentary about Western culture breaking into the Far East)
Magic Journeys (1982) (Created for the Epcot Center; was the first 3D motion picture to feature computer generated 3D animation and also featured a Sherman Brothers title song throughout the duration of the film)
Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1995) (Documentary of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival)
Listening To You: The Who At The Isle Of Wight Festival (1996)
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight (2002)
Nothing is Easy: Jethro Tull at the Isle of Wight (2004)
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (The Birth Of A Band: Isle of Wight 1970) (2006)
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007) (Dylan footage from the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-65)
The Moody Blues (Threshold of a Dream: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970) (2008)
Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen Live at The Isle of Wight 1970) (2009)
Taste (What's Going On Live At The Isle of Wight 1970) (2015)
The Doors: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)
Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now. Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)

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